A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



2 ; 14 acres of meadow. Then (there was) 

 I plough on the demesne, and it might be re- 

 placed [rcitaurari). Then as now 2 ploughs 

 belonging to the men. Wood(land) for 60 swine. 

 And 7 sokemen (have) 20 acres of land. Then 

 and afterwards (they had) half a plough, now 

 nothing. And (there are) 3 sokemen of Stigand 

 who then belonged to the king's (manor of) Mule- 

 ham [Mileham] with all custom. But in Stigand's 

 lifetime (their land) was delivered to Baignard 

 by way of exchange, as his men say. And they 

 have 40 acres of land. Then and afterwards 



1 plough, now none. The manor was worth 

 20 shillings T.R.E., and now 10. And the 



3 sokemen were worth 4 shillings T.R.E., now 

 40 pence. The whole is i league in length 

 and 9 furlongs in breadth and (renders) 10 pence 

 of geld whoever holds land there. 



In SCHERNINGA [Seaming] there are 80 acres 

 of land. This belongs to Brehendam [Bradcn- 

 ham] and (it is included) in the valuation {et in 

 p'ti'). And (there are) 2 sokemen (with) 12 

 acres of land. The soke, now as then, is law- 

 fully {Justt) in Muleham [Mileham]. 



Feorhou [Forehoe] Hundret 



WiCLURDE [Wicklewood] was held by Ulf 

 (O/fus), a freeman, T.R.E. (as) i ploughland. 



f. aS3. 



Now Ralf Sturm' holds it. Then as now 

 (there were) 1 1 villeins and 8 bordars. Then 



3 serfs, now i. Then as now 2 ploughs on 

 the demesne, and I plough belonging to the 

 men ; 6 acres of meadow. Then as now 1 

 mill. And 8 sokemen (hold) 24 acres of land. 

 The soke is in Hincham [Hingham], and they 

 have I plough. Then (there was) I rouncey. 

 Then 7 swine, now 30. Then 6 sheep. Now 



4 hives of bees. Then and afterwards it was 

 worth 40 shillings, now 60. And it is i league 

 in length and 7 furlongs and I perch in breadth, 

 whoever holds [habeat) there, and (renders) 1"]% 

 pence of geld. 



Idikethorpe [ ^] was held by 



Norman, a freeman, T.R.E. (as) I (plough)land. 

 Then as now (there was) I villein ; and then I 

 bordar, now 4. Then 3 serfs. Then as now 



2 ploughs on the demesne, and 4 acres of 

 meadow. Now i rouncey. Then as now 4 

 beasts. Now 22 swine. Then 5 sheep, now 

 40. It was then worth 40 shillings, now 80. 

 The fourth part (of a church has) 5 acres, and 

 is worth 5 pence. And it is 4 furlongs in 

 length and 4 in breadth, and (renders) ii|- 

 pence of geld. 



Hundret of Lothninga [Loddon] 



In ScATAGRAVA [Chedgrave] Toret held 2 

 ploughlands. Now Einbold holds them for i 



1 Identified by Blomefield (ii, 499) as Dykebeck in 

 Wymondham. 



manor. Then as now (there were) 2 villeins 

 and 19 bordars and 4 serfs. Then as now 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, and i\ ploughs belong- 

 ing to the men. VVood(land) for 15 swine, 

 and 12 acres of meadow and I mill. Then 2 

 rounceys. Then 4 beasts, now 3. Then 7 

 swine. Then 200 sheep, now 160. Then as 

 now it was worth 40 shillings. And it is 9 

 furlongs in length and 8 in breadth, and (renders) 



2 pence of geld. And 13 J sokemen, freemen 

 of Toret, (have) 99 acres. Then as now 4^ 

 plough [lands] {car' terre) among the men, and 5 

 acres of meadow. And they are worth 10 shil- 

 lings. And he claims [reclamat) these by way 

 of exchange. 



In ScATAGRAVA [Chedgravc] Levric, a free- 

 man of Harold by commendation held 2 plough- 

 lands, now Geoffrey holds them for a manor. 

 Then as now (there were) 4 villeins and 6 

 f. 253b. 



bordars. Then i serf, now none. Then 2 

 ploughs on the demesne, afterwards a half, now 

 I. Then 2 ploughs belonging to the men, 

 afterwards and now i^. Wood(land) for 15 

 swine, and 12 acres of meadow and i mill. 

 Then 2 beasts, now i. Then 5 swine, now 

 none. (There is) i church (with) 50 acres — 

 I of meadow — it is worth 2 ores [jc. 32^/]. And 

 (there are) 6J sokemen with 23 acres, and 

 I freeman of Lefric by commendation with [de) 

 17^ sokemen. Then (they had) I plough, now 

 \^. Then as now half a ploughland and a 

 half-acre of meadow. Then and afterwards (the 

 manor) was worth 30 shillings, now 40. ^This 

 is (Ralf's) by way of exchange.^ Robert {Rot- 

 bertus) son of Corbutio claims {calumpniatur) 

 this land by feoffment {ex /iberatione), but 

 Bainard was first seised, and afterwards Robert, 

 and the hundret does not know by what title 

 (quomado). The soke is in the hundret. 



In Karlentona [Carleton (St. Peter)] i free- 

 man held 30 acres of land under Toret T.R.E. 

 Now Nigel holds it. Then as now (there were) 



3 villeins. Then 2 bordars, now 4. Then as 

 now I plough amongst the men, and 3 acres of 

 meadow, and 3 sokemen with {de) 24 acres. 

 Then as now (they had) i plough. It was then 

 worth 10 shillings, now 20. The soke is in 

 the hundret. This is (Ralfs) by way of ex- 

 change. 



f. 254. 

 XXXII. THE LANDS OF RANULF 

 PEVEREL [PEFERELLQ » 



Hundret of Ensforda [Eynesford] 



BiLLiNGEFORDA [Billingford] was held by 

 Tord, a freeman, T.R.E. (as) 3 ploughlands. 



' Interlined. 



' In the margin is what appears to he/{/eciire- 

 tornum) altered into » {non). See Introduction, p. 2. 



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